usv

1. UNMANNED SURFACE
VEHICLES
By:- Niranjan J M
(1RL10ME051)
RLJIT
R.L.JALAPPA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Department of Mechanical engineering
TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON

2. INTRODUCTION
 Unmanned surface vehicles (USV) are vehicles that operate on the
surface of the water without a crew. USV are remotely operated
“drones”
 USV it’s also called as Autonomous surface vehicles (ASV).
 The use of USVs for tasks such as shallow-water surveying, weapon
delivery, environmental data gathering, surveillance, anti-submarine
warfare, bottom of sea investigation, mine search ect.
 Functionally, USV are much simpler than Autonomous Underwater
vehicles (AUV) and yet quite versatile for the kinds of mission that
they are able to perform.
 The developement of USV started in 1990 almost world war second
by US Navy and the US Navy much strong focus on ocean warfare
and anti-terrorism missions.
 Successful missions of USVs in the second Gulf war.

3.  To reduce risk of man forces.
 To save the precious life of soldiers.
 Perform tasks which manned vehicles cannot done.
 Act as a force multiplier for security operation.
 Day and Night operation equipment.
 USVs are more cheaper than commercial-ship.
IMPORTANCE OF USV

4.  Groups are classified based on Carderock Laboratory into 4 types:
 Small(<1 t)
 Medium(<100 t)
 Large(<1000 t)
 Extra large(>1000 t)
 All USVs have small and medium size. Most USVs are about the size
of recreational watercraft, i.e.2 to 15 m long with displacements of 1.5
to 10 t.
GROUPS OF USV

5.  Most USV developments are found in the USA.
 World War II saw the first experimentation with USVs.
 Canadians developed the COMOX torpedo concept in 1944.
 COMOX was designated a torpedo because it could only be
programmed to traverse a fixed course.
 In the 1954,the US Navy Mine Defense Laboratory’s project
DRONE constructed and tested a remotely operated minesweeping
boat.
 By the 1960,the Navy was using target drone boats based on remote
–controlled "aviation rescue" boats for missile firing practice.
 By the 1900,the Navy developed and tested more sophisticated USV
mine sweeping system.
HISTORIC BACKGROUND

6. EXAMPLES OF USV:
PROTECTOR OWL MK II
SPARTAN BASIL

7.  Springer USV is designed primarily for undertaking pollutant
tracking and environmental and hydrographical surveys in rivers,
reservoirs, inland waterways and coastal waters, particularly where
shallow waters prevail.
 The Springer USV was designed as a medium waterplane twin hull
vessel. Springer is portable and capable of operating in water from
1m to 60m deep.
 It is approximately 4m long and 2.3m wide with a displacement of
0.6t. Each hull is divided into three watertight compartments.
 The navigation, guidance & control (NGC) system is carried in
watertight Peli cases and secured in a bay area between the
crossbeams. This facilitates the quick substitution of systems on
shore or at sea.
SPRINGER USV

8. Figure . The Springer Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV).

9. Fig: Side view of the Springer unmanned surface vehicle

10.  The batteries which are used to provide the power for the propulsion
system and onboard electronics are carried within the hulls. The
propulsion system powered by four 12 V gel technology batteries
that are placed in each hull.
 These are paired together to supply 24 V where each battery is
capable of sourcing 135 A h of current.
 Kill switches are used on both sides of hull to act as an emergency
stop. When either of button is pressed, the motor stop running and
all electronics is still powered.
 The peli case consists of daq pc, navigation pc, guidance & control
pc, sensors, wireless router.
 A tower has also been installed to carry the GPS and wireless
antennas. The wireless antenna is used for communication between
the vessel and its user and it is also utilised for remote monitoring
purpose and to alter mission parameters.

11. Fig. Layout of peli cases

12.  In Springer, the integrated sensor suite combines a GPS, compasses,
speed log and depth sensor. All of these sensors are interfaced to a
PC via serial connector.
 The DAQ PC acquires data from all the sensors and transmits them
over the serial cable to the navigation and control PCs.
 TCM2, HMR3000 & KVH-C100 are three types of electronic
compass installed in the Springer.
 A Garmin GPS 15L is utilised in Springer to supply real time
position information and tracks up to 12 satellites with a 1Hz update
rate.
 A Raymarine ST40 depth sensor and a speed log are mounted at the
bottom of Springer to provide real-time depth and speed information
of the vehicle.
NAVIGATION SENSOR SUIT

13. Fig: Springer sensor suite

14.  Depth and Speed sensors are placed on the bottom of right and left
hull in rear section.
 All other sensors are placed within the Peil cases.
Fig :a)shows the peil case placed on the hull
Fig :b)shows the sensors placed on the bottom of hull in rear section

15. APPLICATIONS
Mine search Search bottom of ship with ROV
Bottom of sea investigation Search with underwater camera

16.  USV provides some level of intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance capability.
 More complex sensors are required for anti-submarine
warfare capability requirement.
 USV Springer are designed for undertaking pollution
tracking and environmental and hydrographical surveys in
rivers.
 these USV can save precious life of soldier. And reduce
man power.
 USV are more stable and offers more mission
functionality.
CONCLUSION

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 Adaptive navigation systems for an unmanned surface vehicle Prof R Sutton PhD,
CEng, FIMechE, FIET, and Dr S Sharma PhD, Marine and Industrial, Plymouth
University, UK Dr T Xao PhD, CEng, MIET, School of Engineering and
Computing Sciences, Durham University, UK
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